Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 3There's a new potential supernova candidate in a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major, visible overnight for U.S. observers. If ...

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

At 4 PM EDT, the Moon passed 4° north of Saturn, followed by a passage 3° north of Neptune at 6 PM EDT. Saturn (magnitude 0.6), visible to the naked eye, and Neptune (magnitude 7.7), requiring optical ...

We know dinosaurs were big, but how big were they? And how do we even know? Luckily, paleontologists and other scientists know how to find the answers. By measuring fossils, comparing them to the ...

Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, and the dwarf planet Pluto may have shared a common origin before being separated in the early solar system, an analysis of their composition suggests. Triton and Pluto ...

Astronomers have detected new moons around two of our solar system's most unique and intriguing planets. The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. The find includes one moon spotted orbiting Uranus — the ...

Scientists recently noticed three new moons lingering around Uranus and Neptune, which are the most distant planets in our solar system. Precisely, there is one orbiting Uranus, and two are orbiting ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown ...

The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Three secret moons have been discovered lurking out of sight in our outer solar system. These moons were found orbiting the furthest planets in our solar system: one around Uranus, and the other two ...